Is training a muscle more frequently better for muscle gains?
Full body training only for beginners? Body part splits for advanced? How the heck should I train for maximal results? A recent study had experienced male lifters train a muscle [...]
How much impact can the placebo effect have on performance?
Feeling more energized, minutes after you eat a high-carb meal? However, your body barely absorbed any of the meal's glucose. Still, the above phenomena is true for many people. The [...]
Bayesian flyes or dumbbell flyes, which is better?
Dumbbell flyes: 95% of the gym does them, but why? Norms. Culture. Tradition. Let's actually think about and analyze this exercise, before proposing a better alternative, invented by @menno.henselmans. [...]
Do mini bands increase glute activity?
Does a mini band around your knees increase glute activity in the squat? Two studies and my own experiment give us answers. Foley and friends (2017) found beginners benefited from [...]
Do glute activation exercises improve glute activity?
Can an ‘activation warm-up’ for your glutes activate these muscles more in major exercises like the Squat and (Romanian) deadlift? Research shows it’s probably not helping much. Parr and colleagues [...]
